Yard, Yonder & Wander

Two goals for the new year: getting more exercise and learning to use my camera. Exercise of choice: walking. Inspired by www.walkingfortbragg.com I'm going to share photos of my travels around my little corner of the world: my yard -- the locales of Victor, Mendon, and Canandaigua, NY -- and wherever else I may wander.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Maybe the groundhog was right -- and the six more weeks of winter are now over...the Canada Geese have returned (birds never let me get a good photo of them...they're always trying to get away from me...)

...and the first Snowdrop has emerged in my yard

This is probably ridiculous talk -- winter can't be over -- we can't even plant for another 11 weeks (Memorial Day)...

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Monday, March 1, 2010

I just returned from a lovely trip to the coast -- Mendocino, California.
Spring was springing in Mendocino -- it was a bit disappointing to return home to a foot and a half of unplowed snow in my driveway!

The combination of the fog and the sunlight made these sunbeams look so tangible -- as if I could reach out and grab something substantial.

The games are played in the Carrier Dome -- essentially a giant balloon (not helium -- it stays grounded).
Hold on to your hat -- when exiting The Dome the pressurized air literally pushes you out the door -- makes for a bad hair day -- but certainly clears out the crowd quickly! This photo was taken from our hotel room window.

Sixteen five-foot diameter fans located in mechanical rooms on the north and south sides of the building are used to keep the Carrier Dome’s 220-ton roof inflated. Each fan has the capacity to generate 95,000 cubic feet of air movement per minute, giving the total operation a capacity of moving well over one million cubic feet of air per minute.http://suathletics.syr.edu/sports/2009/2/3/GEN_0203090820.aspx